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We support small-scale commercial growers, community groups, and home gardeners & allotmenteers with trainings, networks, resources, and information to help protect and restore seed diversity across the UK & Ireland. For millennia, small-scale farmers have freely cultivated, saved, and shared a vast diversity of seed. Over the last century, corporate food production has seized seed […]
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Legislation Resource
Legislation can be a challenging topic, but it is of vital importance as it affects all of us. We’ve been working with Fulya Batur of Kybele Consulting to demystify this topic for our network so that more people feel empowered to join the conversation and advocate for fair seed legislation. Fulya Batur is a lawyer […]
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Seed Databases
You will need to check seed databases when you want to certify a variety. You must check first if your variety is listed in the national catalogue. If your variety is not in the list you can then apply to get your variety added to the national list. You can check the section Resources: Legislation […]
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Crop Guides
Click here to access a quick reference crop guide with all the key information about 64 vegetables, produced by Edwin Nuijten from the Louis Bolk Institute and adapted by The Gaia Foundation. Longo Mai and The European Civic Forum produced the Seed Films including 32 crop guides and other videos on seed saving. You can watch them here. The Organic Seed Alliance have […]
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Seed Production Webinars
Vital Seeds, based in Devon, specialises in UK-grown organic, open-pollinated seeds. They have just launched an online seed-saving course which can be accessed by anyone. While there is a fee to enrol, Vital Seeds offers a discount for professional/community growers. Get in touch with them at info@vitalseeds.co.uk for more information. Learn more here. Longo Mai and […]
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International Seed Initiatives
The Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security is a movement for resilient seed systems across Canada. They collaborate with farmers, seed producers, researchers, and partners from civil society, government and business with the aim to conserve and improve biodiversity, maintain public access to seed, build and share knowledge of farmers about ecological seed production […]
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Seed Saving Guides
SEED SAVING GUIDE The Organic Seed Alliance have developed a comprehensive guide to seed saving, which outlines the basic knowledge needed for seed production, relevant to farmers and home gardeners alike. Click here to download the pdf. SEED SAVING BOOKS For more in-depth guidance and information on seed saving, there are many books available. As […]
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Introduction to Seed Saving
Seed saving is a great way to cultivate and increase varieties in your garden in the cheapest way possible and it is also the best way to protect endangered varieties and heritage plants. Farmers, growers and gardeners can benefit and you can start any time you want. Saving your seeds is a fun, easy and […]
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Tiny Oat Collider – Oat Dehuller Project
In 2021, the Seed Sovereignty Programme launched the Tiny Oat Collider at our 2021 Seed Gathering – an opensource dehuller – working with engineer/crofter/baker Adam Veitch to address a persistent problem for oat growers in our networks – how do we dehull our oats without the use of large, expensive machinery? Throughout 2022, the Seed […]
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Where to buy open-pollinated, agro-ecological seed
We’ve compiled a list of producers who are all committed to cultivating, selecting and saving the best possible quality organic seed. By supporting small-scale producers based here in the UK and Ireland you cast a vote for an ecologically sane seed and food system that doesn’t cost the Earth. So whether you’re based in Coventry […]
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